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Ageing Workforce

Completed Projects

Ageing, work and health:
an investigation of working women's experience of the menopause

This research was completed at the end of December 2010. Its aims were to identify:

  1. the extent and nature of the problems that the menopause presents for women at work and
  2. how this can be improved through design and management of work

Deliverables of this research include:

  • evidence based recommendations for management and occupational health advisers to inform policy, best practice and a work environment that will be conducive to the health and productivity of women working through the menopause
  • identification of the factors that would help women working through the menopause stay in work, thus reducing staff turnover
  • advice leaflets for older women working through the menopause and for their employers
  • scientific report on work related concerns of older women workers, and their effects on health, motivation and performance

The Final Reports are available here:

pdf  Women's Experience of Working through the Menopause

pdf  Work and the Menopause: A Guide for Managers

TUC – New Guidance

To coincide with International Women's Day (Tuesday, 8 March, 2011)), the TUC published new guidance on how employers and union reps can work together to support women through the menopause at work.

pdf  Supporting women through the menopause helps union reps raise the issue of the menopause in workplaces, and ensure that employers are aware that poor working conditions can aggravate symptoms.

Last Update: 08-Mar-2011